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Dynamics and conservation laws in electrostatic plasma turbulence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Klaus Elsässer  and
Hans Schamel
Klaus Elsässer
Affiliation:
Ruhr-UniversitätBochum, Theoretische Physik I, D-4630 Bochum, W. Germany
Hans Schamel
Affiliation:
Ruhr-UniversitätBochum, Theoretische Physik I, D-4630 Bochum, W. Germany
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Abstract

We show how the Hamiltonian description of an ideal fluid can be used for a two fluid plasma. Translation to wave variables leads to a simple rule to obtain coupled-mode equations if the energy is known as a function of wave variables. In this context we discuss the intimate connexion between a particular dynamical model, specified by the interaction Hamiltonian, and the associated invariants of motion. By this method we derive an improved version of Zakharov's equations for Langmuir and ion sound waves with the correct invariants of motion. As a result of these corrections we find a stationary power law k−2 for the plasmon energy.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , June 1976 , pp. 409 - 422
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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